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A Guide to Mental Wellness in Older
Age: Recognizing and Overcoming Depression
Resources
Geriatric Mental Health
Foundation
7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 1050
Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone: (301) 654-7850
Fax: (301) 654-4137
Website: www.GMHFonline.org
E-mail: main@aagponline.org
The
Geriatric Mental Health Foundation was established
by the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
to raise awareness of psychiatric and mental health
disorders affecting the elderly, eliminate the stigma
of mental illness and treatment, promote healthy aging
strategies, and increase access to quality mental health
care for the elderly.
American Association for
Geriatric Psychiatry
7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 1050
Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone: (301) 654-7850
Fax: (301) 654-4137
Website: www.AAGPonline.org
E-mail: main@aagponline.org
The American Association
for Geriatric Psychiatry is a national association
representing and serving its
members and the field of geriatric psychiatry. It is
dedicated to promoting the mental health and well being
of older people and improving the care of those with
late-life mental disorders. AAGP’s mission is
to enhance the knowledge base and standard of practice
in geriatric psychiatry through education and research
and to advocate for meeting the mental health needs
of older Americans.
Administration on Aging (Federal Government)
Washington, DC 20201
Phone: (202) 619-0724
Eldercare Locator (to find services for an older person
in his or her locality): (800) 677-1116
Website: www.aoa.gov
E-mail: AoAInfo@aoa.gov
The Administration on Aging
is the federal focal point and advocate agency for
older persons and their concerns.
AoA works to heighten awareness among other federal
agencies, organizations, groups, and the public about
the valuable contributions that older Americans make
to the nation and alerts them to the needs of vulnerable
older people. Through information and referral and
outreach efforts at the community level, AoA seeks
to educate older people and their caregivers about
the benefits and services available to help them.
American
Psychiatric Association
1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1825
Arlington, VA 22209-3901
Phone: (703) 907-7300
Website: www.psych.org
E-mail: apa@psych.org
The American Psychiatric Association
is a medical specialty society. Its over 35,000 U.S.
and international member
physicians work together to ensure humane care and
effective treatment for all persons with mental disorder,
including mental retardation and substance-related
disorders. Its vision is a society that has available,
accessible quality psychiatric diagnosis and treatment.
American
Psychological Association
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
Phone: (800) 374-2721
Phone: (202) 336-5500
TDD/TTY: (202) 336-6123
Website: www.apa.org
APA Help Center: www.apahelpcenter.org
The American
Psychological Association is the largest scientific
and professional organization representing
psychology in the United States. Its membership includes
more than 150,000 researchers, educators, clinicians,
consultants, and students. APA works to advance psychology
as a science and profession and as a means of promoting
health, education, and human welfare.
Center For Mental
Health Services (Federal Government)
P.O. Box 42557
Washington, DC 20015
Phone: (800) 789-2647
TDD: (866) 889-2647
Fax: (301) 984-8796
Website: www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cmhs
The Center
for Mental Health Services (CMHS) is charged with leading
the national system that delivers mental
health services. The goal of this system is to provide
the treatment and support services needed by adults
with mental disorders and children with serious emotional
problems.
Depression & Bipolar Support Alliance
730 North Franklin Street, Suite 501
Chicago, IL 60610-7224
Phone: (800) 826-3632
Phone: (312) 642-0049
Fax: (312) 642-7243
Website: www.dbsalliance.org
The DBSA is a patient-directed
organization focusing on the most common mental illnesses:
depression and
bipolar disorder. The organization fosters an understanding
about the impact and management of these life-threatening
illnesses by providing up-to-date, scientifically based
tools and information written for the general public.
DBSA supports research to promote more timely diagnosis,
develop more effective and tolerable treatments, and
discover a cure.
Families for Depression Awareness
300 Fifth Avenue
Waltham, MA 02451
Phone: (781) 890-0220
Fax: (781) 487-0009
Website: www.familyaware.org
E-mail: info@familyaware.org
Families for Depression
Awareness helps families understand and cope with unipolar
and bipolar depression. The
organization offers free brochures, family profiles,
resources, and e-mail alerts.
Families USA
1334 G Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 628-3030
Fax: (202) 347-2417
Website: www.familiesusa.org
E-mail: info@familiesusa.org
Families USA is a national
nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the
achievement of high-quality,
affordable health care for all Americans. For more
than 20 years, Families USA has worked at the national,
state, and community levels to be a voice for health
care consumers. Families USA offers publications on
Medicare, prescription drugs, and other health care
consumer topics.
Family Caregiver Alliance
180 Montgomery Street, Suite 1100
San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: (415) 434-3388
Phone: (800) 445-8106
Fax: (415) 434-3508
Website: www.caregiver.org
E-mail: info@caregiver.org
The Family Caregiver Alliance
is a public voice for caregivers, illuminating the
daily challenges they
face, offering them the assistance they need and deserve,
and championing their cause through education, services,
research and advocacy. The FCA offers caregiving information
and advice, fact sheets and other publications, and
discussion groups.
Fuqua Center for Late-Life Depression
Wesley Woods Health Center, 4th Floor
1841 Clifton Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30329
Phone: (404) 728-6302
Fax: (404) 728-6269
Website: www.emoryhealthcare.org/departments/fuqua
The
Fuqua Center for Late-Life Depression is dedicated
to the treatment of depression in older adults through
clinical services, community education and research.
As a part of the Wesley Woods Center on Aging and Emory
Healthcare, the Fuqua Center offers a wide range of
services designed to meet the needs of older adults
and their families, including online information for
patients and caregivers.
The Healthy Caregiver Magazine
12 West Willow Grove Avenue, Suite 190
Philadelphia, PA 19118-3952
Website: healthycaregiver.com
E-mail: thecarenet@healthycaregiver.com
The Healthy
Caregiver Magazine, available for $18 per year, is
an elder care resource tool for family caregivers.
Medicare
(Federal Government)
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
7500 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21244-1850
www.medicare.gov
The Medicare website offers information
on Medicare coverage, Medicare enrollment, long-term
care, and
links to consumer topics including depression.
National
Alliance for the Mentally Ill
Colonial Place Three
2107 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 300
Arlington, VA 22201-3042
Phone: (703) 524-7600
Fax: (703) 524-9094
TDD: (703) 516-7227
Information Helpline: 1-800-950-NAMI (6264)
Website: www.nami.org
NAMI is a nonprofit, grassroots,
self-help, support and advocacy organization of consumers,
families, and
friends of people with severe mental illnesses, such
as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar
disorder, major depressive disorder, obsessive-compulsive
disorder, panic and other severe anxiety disorders,
autism and pervasive developmental disorders, attention
deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and other severe and
persistent mental illnesses that affect the brain.
National
Depression Screening Day
Screening for Mental Health
One Washington Street, Suite 304
Wellesley Hills, MA 02481
Phone: (781) 239-0071
Fax: (781) 431-7447
Website: www.nmisp.org/depression.htm
Email: info@mentalhealthscreening.org
National Depression
Screening Day (NDSD), held each year during Mental
Illness Awareness Week, is designed
to call attention to the illnesses of depression, manic-depression,
post-traumatic stress disorder, and anxiety on a national
level, to educate the public about their symptoms and
effective treatments, to offer individuals the opportunity
to be screened for the disorders, and to connect those
in need of treatment to the mental health care system.
National Family Caregivers Association
10400 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 500
Kensington, MD 20895-3944
Toll Free: (800) 896-3650
Phone: (301) 942-6430
Fax: (301) 942-2302
Website: www.thefamilycaregiver.org
E-mail: info@thefamilycaregiver.org
The National Family
Caregivers Association (NFCA) supports, empowers, educates,
and speaks up for the more than
50 million Americans who care for a chronically ill,
aged, or disabled loved one. On its website, NFCA offers
tips, guides, fact sheets, newsletters, and resources
on caregiving issues.
National Institute for Mental
Health (Federal Government)
Office of Communications
6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 8184, MSC 9663
Bethesda, MD 20892-9663
Phone: (301) 443-4513
Toll-free: (866) 615-6464
TTY: (301) 443-8431
Fax: (301) 443-4279
Website: www.nimh.nih.gov
E-mail: nimhinfo@nih.gov
The National Institute of Mental
Health (NIMH) is a component of the National Institutes
of Health (NIH),
the federal government’s principal biomedical
and behavioral research agency. The NIMH mission is
to reduce the burden of mental illness and behavioral
disorders through research on mind, brain, and behavior.
National Mental Health Association
2001 N. Beauregard Street, 12th Floor
Alexandria, VA 22311
Phone: (703) 684-7722
Fax: (703) 684-5968
Mental Health Resource Center: (800) 969-NMHA
TTY Line: (800) 433-5959
Website: www.nmha.org
The National Mental Health Association
is the country’s
oldest and largest nonprofit organization addressing
all aspects of mental health and mental illness. With
more than 340 affiliates nationwide, NMHA works to
improve the mental health of all Americans, especially
the 54 million people with mental disorders, through
advocacy, education, research, and service.
Older Adults
Mental Health Alliance
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
1101 15th Street, NW, Suite 1202
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 467-5730 Ext. 140
Website: www.oacmha.com
E-mail: OACMHA@aol.com
The mission of the Older Adults
Mental Health Alliance (OACMHA) is to improve the
quality of life of older
persons affected by mental illness by promoting
the development of accessible, affordable and age-appropriate
mental health services.
Real Men. Real Depression.
Toll-free: (866) 227-6464
Website: menanddepression.nimh.nih.gov
E-mail: menanddepression@mail.nih.gov
This National
Institute of Mental Health campaign provides information
on depression in men, the signs and symptoms
of depression, available treatment, and help for depression.
Rosalynn
Carter Institute
Georgia Southwestern State University
800 Wheatley Street
Americus, GA 31709
Website: www.rosalynncarter.org
E-mail: info@rci.gsw.edu
The Rosalynn Carter Institute
for Caregiving (RCI) was established in 1987 on the
campus of Georgia Southwestern
State University (GSW) in Americus, Georgia. Through
research, education, and training, the RCI promotes
the mental health and well-being of individuals, families,
and professional caregivers; promulgates effective
caregiving practices; builds public awareness of caregiving
needs; and advances public and social policies that
enhance caring communities.
A Guide to Mental Wellness
in Older Age: Recognizing and Overcoming Depression © Geriatric Mental Health Foundation 2004
7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 1050
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
301.654.7850
info@GMHFonline.org
www.GMHFonline.org
Expert assistance was provided by
Lissy F. Jarvik, M.D., Professor Emerita of Psychiatry
and Biobehavioral
Sciences, University of California-Los Angeles, School
of Medicine; Susan Lieff, M.D., M.Ed., Assistant
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University
of Toronto; and
Stephen J. Bartels, M.D., M.S., Associate Professor
of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School.
The Geriatric
Mental Health Foundation grants permission to
print, photocopy, and distribute this material.
Please cite the Foundation, including the address,
phone and website.
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